787: The power of Norling civilization

Hearing Lao Bai mention the Mars immigrants, Yang Dian couldn't help but raise an eyebrow:

"What's the situation with the Mars immigrants?"

"Do they want to return to Earth, or go to other frontier bases?"

Lao Bai tapped his wrist, and Taichu, which had become his exclusive AI, replied:

"According to the survey, 2.26% of the citizens have a clear intention to return to Earth, most of whom are teenagers under 30."

"89.57% of the citizens want to go to other safe frontier bases, with the vast majority being middle-aged and elderly people over 45."

"The remaining 8.17% of citizens are undecided and will make their choice based on their family and friends."

There are quite a few Mars immigrants.

In total, Huaxia has sent nearly 50 million people to Mars.

Some felt that Earth was too dangerous and that Mars would be safer, so they voluntarily applied to go to Mars.

Some couldn't let go of their family ties, couldn't refuse their parents or relatives, and helplessly chose to follow them to Mars.

Others had simply gotten used to slacking off, didn't want to put in any effort, and chose to go to Mars to lie flat.

Those who want to return to Earth to give it a shot are only a small minority of the Mars immigrants.

As Taichu's voice faded, Lao Bai followed up by saying:

"Regarding the 8.17% of Mars immigrants who are undecided, I think we can just send them directly to the frontier bases."

Facing Yang Dian's curious gaze, Lao Bai continued:

"The Dao of martial arts requires a spirit of pressing forward with indomitable will. If one is timid and hesitant, even if they achieve success in martial arts, it is just a waste of resources."

"If they encounter danger, even if this group has ignited their Spark, they would be the first to choose to run away."

"Of course, because of the Spark, they will subconsciously find an excuse for themselves—they aren't running away, but rather preserving the Spark of Huaxia Civilization so that it does not extinguish."

"This prevents their visualization technique from suffering a backlash."

"For us, letting this group return to Earth does more harm than good."

Having said this, Dr. Bai looked at Yang Dian again:

"Your visualization technique still has some limitations."

"It cannot make the entire civilization truly united."

Yang Dian rolled his eyes upon hearing this.

"If we make everyone do exactly as we think, is that kind of unity still true unity?"

"That would be turning them into our Puppets."

"I previously thought about optimizing the visualization technique to cut away the last remnants of selfish desire in people."

"But after careful consideration, I gave up on that idea."

"What we need are like-minded comrades, not Puppets without a Soul."

"If I really wanted Puppets that had absolutely no selfish desires and would wholeheartedly dedicate themselves to our Huaxia Human Race, I think alien races would be perfect."

"I still prefer those silly netizens who are a bit greedy for small wealth, enjoy a bit of lust, and occasionally use Yin and Yang to tease you."

"Without them, it feels like the whole world would become a bit incomplete."

Dr. Bai couldn't help but chuckle:

"Oh, you."

After pointing at Yang Dian, he raised his head:

"Using visualization techniques to change other people's will is still too slow."

"I have already developed meme pollution. Although I have only just begun to touch upon meme pollution and it can only affect lifeforms that have not crossed into the extraordinary, the efficiency is much better than your visualization technique."

Yang Dian glanced at him sideways:

"Using meme pollution to corrupt the will of others, aren't you afraid of backlash?"

Dr. Bai smiled:

"If you are always looking forward and backward, when will you ever accomplish anything great?"

"When the next dimensional overlap triggers a dimensional war, I will directly dispatch meme starships to enter the Alien Planet and spread meme pollution."

"I'll cut off the roots of the alien civilization directly."

"Of course, that's assuming we don't run into a high-level civilization where they are born with extraordinary strength."

Yang Dian looked at Dr. Bai with new respect:

"You're still the ruthless one."

"But even in high-level civilizations, not everyone is born with extraordinary Rank strength."

"Even as powerful as the Destiny Realm, only the offspring of those above the Star Dome Realm can receive massive resources to nourish infants, allowing them to be extraordinary from birth."

Dr. Bai raised an eyebrow upon hearing this:

"What about the super-level civilizations above high-level civilizations?"

"You stayed in the Destiny Realm for so long, didn't you collect much data on super-level civilizations?"

Yang Dian was silent for a moment, then sighed:

"It's not that I didn't collect the data, it's that the data collected was too exaggerated, so I had Zero lock it away."

Facing Dr. Bai's curious gaze, Yang Dian picked one of the most basic pieces of information about a super-level civilization to share:

"The Nuo Ling Civilization we caught a glimpse of performs gene editing on fetuses once they develop to a certain point."

"After gene editing, fetuses of the Nuo Ling Civilization are born with Star-Patrolling Realm strength. After reaching adulthood, 99.9999% of them can enter the Star Dome Realm, and 30% will possess star-shattering level power before the age of 100."

After speaking, Yang Dian looked at Dr. Bai:

"How about it?"

"Is it hopeless?"

Lao Bai was silent.

"The population of a powerful civilization like the Nuo Ling Civilization should be calculated in the quintillions, right?"

Yang Dian shrugged:

"I don't know, I didn't get that information from the Destiny Realm."

"But think about it."

"As a seventh-order Great World, the Destiny Realm has hundreds of millions of small realms, each with anywhere from hundreds of millions to tens or hundreds of billions of people."

"If the Destiny Realm is like this, what more the Nuo Ling Civilization?"

Lao Bai opened his mouth, but finally smiled nonchalantly:

"So what if they are born in the Star-Patrolling Realm and reach the Star Dome Realm as adults?"

"My Huaxia Race is born as mere Mortals, and many adults are even in a sub-healthy state where they cannot carry burdens or lift heavy objects."

"But what about now?"

"How long has it been? 80% of the people have already stepped into the extraordinary realm, with strength hundreds of times that of ordinary people."

"Our warships can already traverse the galaxy and shatter stars with a single strike."

"Life is endless, and the battle never stops."

"I believe that one day, our civilization will stand at the peak of the Universe through our efforts."

"Even if that day is a thousand, ten thousand, or even a million or a hundred million years away."

"We will never stop moving forward."

"Huaxia will one day stand in that position."

Watching Lao Bai, who was not crushed by the might of the Nuo Ling Civilization but instead became even more invigorated under the pressure of such a powerful civilization, Yang Dian couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth:

"Yes, we will eventually stand in that position and be on equal footing with those civilizations standing at the peak of the Universe,"

"And even sit on top of their heads."

After setting the goal, Yang Dian looked into the distance towards Mars.

"But before that, let's get your brain back to Earth first."

"But having said that."

"What does it feel like to be left with only a brain?"

Lao Bai smiled:

"It feels good, do you want to try it?"

"I feel that since cutting my own brain, my brain removal surgery has entered the realm of Major Achievement, and I could definitely take your brain out without any damage."

Yang Dian glanced at him sideways:

"You can't even cut open my skull, and you want to take out my brain?"

"Keep dreaming!"